COMMANDANT OF THE FORCES.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13653, 19 February 1913, Page 6

COMMANDANT OF THE FORCES.

VISIT TO WANGANVI

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Wanganui, Feb. 18.General Gkxlley wM.a visitoK--to jWianganiii to-day, and this aftenipbo:he inspects 340 Collegiate School G^det?, - and 360 Senior Cadete. Tin& ewaiing after witnessing the boys' physical drill exercises, Gemini Crodley said bo did not bastitato to cay that he had seen nothing batter in any part of the Domiiiion- J±e empliaisised-thei need of field work, .and hoped that thoy would giro as many of their . half-holidaye to that work as they reasonably -^could. "The day may come," be Bwd, "though

we all tope it never will, when you wi. fco called upon to defend your country, - wnd it becomes you to prepare yourselves for ®uch an emergency by becoming an efficient citizen army. There is ho reason why New Zealand should not ifc&ye a-citizen armj r as good as it is for any part of the world to produce. The material is here—there Is'not f>ettor -anywhere—and the "responsibility oppsts upon you to make the most of it." General Godley eaid .the Qwemment had decided to issue rifles bo all cadet corps considered sufficiently advanced in military work.